Welcome!  I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. 

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My research interests are in American political institutions and cover legislative politics, Congress, interest groups, and information dynamics within federal policy-making.  I use new empirical approaches and novel data sources to answer questions about how political institutions influence the behavior of political actors and policy outcomes in American politics.

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My current research agenda advances a new understanding of how institutions shape the search and use of information in policy-making, especially in an environment where information is heavily and selectively wielded as a political tool.

 

My research has been published in the American Political Science Review, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Business and Politics, and Political Science Research & Methods.  I received my Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University in 2018.  My CV is available here.